From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack@...>
Date: 2009-02-04T04:16:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:21808] Re: [Bug #907] Various system() and backticks 	problems on Windows

> Just followed the habits, e.g., nmake.exe also can run built-in
> commands such as echo, dir and so on.


As a note, if it's of any usefulness, java doesn't support built-in
commands via system:

java.io.IOException: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "cd ":
java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory

:)
-=r